Thursday, August 4, 2016

The Delightful Miss D

Torties are one of the trickiest kittens to photograph. I focus manually with my camera,  and usually on the nose with most shots, so unless they have a strong, contrasting splotch, it's hard to focus sharply on a nose in the blended mix of a tortie's face.  

Our little Dinah is a squirmy one, which makes it that much more challenging!

But yesterday, after much trial, error and wasted, blurry photographs, I did actually get a few shots of the girl -- in focus.

So, for those of you asking for more Dinah, well, here you go!  




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Her eyes have changed a lot in the past week --- they've turned from "kitten blue"  to a golden-green. And those little hearts about her eyes are starting to get a little more defined.

She's complex and funny mix of bossy and needy.  She's high-spirited and playful and can dominate the playground at times, but once she uses that last burst of kitten energy, she needs some cuddling, and snuggles up with a sibling or human and will purr herself to sleep.

She's a character and a delight.


10 comments:

  1. Oh, torties. My mom has had three in my lifetime, and each was different, and yet each had that "tortitude" they are famous for.

    I had a torbie for almost 16 years, and she, too, had that wonderful mix of bossy and sweet, hyper and mellow. She was a loud-talking, motor-boat-purring, fiercely loyal and affectionate girl, and I miss her all the time.

    Dinah is going to complete someone's home quite nicely. <3

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  2. I'm SO partial to Torties. Ours is difficult to photograph also. She has a pretty well defined blaze which makes her look like she broker her nose at some point LOL. I use manual for best shots of her as well. Dinah looks like she exhibits all the best and silliest characteristic of this color type! Love her!

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  3. There is nothing more exquisite than a tortie (I'm on my third and can't imagine life without one!)

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  4. She's adorable. Her face is so expressive.

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  5. She's a beauty! Some lucky family will have a wonderful companion!

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  6. I'd adopt her no doubt... Shes a cutie!

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  7. She totally reminds me visually of my tortie Kate when she was a kitten. I saw one picture and thought - that one's going to be trouble, then mailed the foster team to start proceedings. I was not wrong. And boy - a total mix of bossy and needy.

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  8. What an adorable tortie kitten! If only we weren't an entire country apart, I would be filling out an adoption application right now. Perhaps Ms. Dinah is delivering me a message that it is time to find a tortie playmate for my dilute tortie 6 year old kitten :-) Love those torties!

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  9. Great work, Laurie! Our Maren is a torbie, so I know a little bit of what it’s like to photograph these darling girls. And Dinah is definitely a dolly!!

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